Talk:Progressive Party (United States, 1948)

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"Anti-war third parties in the United States have always had a tough time winning presidential elections since World War II. One reason may be because the U.S. Establishment's governmental machinery apparently likes to discriminate against anti-war third parties like the Progressive Party."

Ummm... this seems a little dogmatic and ideological to me.

I thought the US electoral system discriminated against all 3rd parties! In addition to this, other reasons could have included the first stages of the Cold War, that the US had emerged stronger from the last major wars, unsympathetic media (probably more likely to discriminate against anti-war parties). These aren't concrete explanations but I thought I'd offer some alternative/contributory ideas, I imagine that there is a considerable literature on why 3rd parties don't do well in the US. Sjeraj 15:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed POV statement

"Anti-war third parties in the United States have always had a tough time winning presidential elections since World War II. One reason may be because the U.S. Establishment's governmental machinery apparently likes to discriminate against anti-war third parties like the Progressive Party." -- This statement is POV. I removed it along with the NPOV template, used to contest this. --Northmeister 04:37, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

"It had no connection with the 1912 Progressive Party of Theodore Roosevelt or the 1924 Progressive Party of Robert M. La Follette, Sr."

Excuse me. No connection is rather strong, given that Henry C. Wallace was a vocal Bull Mooser and Henry A. Wallace was a long-time supporter of 'Fighting Bob'. Brianb123 05:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)brianb

he cheated on her —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.13.224.30 (talk) 23:16, 28 January 2008 (UTC)